BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — As an homage to the forgotten and seldom talked about minor characters in novels, speaker Kate Christensen (2008 PEN/Faulkner Award winner), read three scenes from her various books as the latest speaker in the Walt Whitman Writers Series at St. Francis College on April 11.

Christensen began the reading with a scene from The Epicure’s Lament in which her character Hugo meets the hit man who failed to kill him 20 yearsBrooklynEagle.com Art Headlines